13 is a Fibonacci number (being the sum of 5 and 8), and like all other odd-indexed Fibonacci numbers, it is also a Markov number. It appears in the following solutions to 132+y2+z2=39⁢y⁢z: (1, 5, 13), (1, 13, 34), (5, 13, 194), (13, 34, 1325), (13, 194, 7561), (13, 1325, 51641), (13, 7561, 294685), (13, 51641, 2012674), (13, 294685, 11485154), (13, 2012674, 78442645), (13, 11485154, 447626321), etc. Starting with 1, the number 13 represents a new low for the Mertens function, but this is neither unlucky nor special (A051401 in Sloane’s OEIS lists other lows of the Mertens function).

This is not to say that there isn’t anything special about 13: for example, it is the only integer solution to x4=n2+(n+1)2 (besides the obviousx=1 and n=0).